Fanfiction Station

Hello hello I’ll be uploading my fanfiction that I also will post on AO3 here.

[yukihitomi]

Introduction

Hi. You can call me Crow. This is where I'll be putting my fanfiction from Ao3. I'm in multiple fandoms, so my work will probably reflect that! I'll attempt to tag all fandoms and ships accurately!

[that-fruitier-emo-deactivated20]

Important author question

Do you title your chapters?

Yes

No

Voting ended onFeb 29, 2024

[kohi-karasu]

hi i need them to survive the plague please

[yukihitomi]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

It’s kind of a getting together fic? It’s a post canon reunion scene.

[yukihitomi]

ha ha whoopsie

So instead of writing, I decided to get into baldur's gate 3. I have most of the next chapter done for Islandol, but again, mind has been elsewhere and I want to give you all quality writing

Thanks for your patience, and in January I'll actually get myself to publish a chapter....or maybe more.

[sarah-the-ninja]

Rejoice, “let’s fake a relationship for Christmas” fanfic season is upon us.

[dealanexmachina]

Don’t forget “snowed in and have to share a bed” season.

[poppetawoppet]

Also there is a blizzard and only ONE BED at the inn

[lynne-monstr]

and of course the heat isn’t working. whatever will they do for warmth

[floydsin]

ao3 wrapped [writers edition]

How many words have you written this year?

How many works did you publish this year?

What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

What work of yours has the most hits?

What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

Favorite title you used

If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most?

Pairing you wrote the most for this year?

Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

What work was the quickest to write?

What work took you the longest to write?

How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?

What’s your longest work of the year?

What’s your shortest work of the year?

What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?

Your favorite character to write this year?

The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

Which work of yours have you reread the most?

How many kudos in total did you get this year?

Which work has the most comments?

Did you do any collaborative works this year?

Did you write any gifts this year?

Did you receive any gifts this year?

What’s your most common category?

What do you listen to while writing?

Favorite work you wrote this year?

Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

Biggest surprise while writing this year?

[ellierenae]

I could never write on my phone, but for some reason that changed this year and my word counts exploded, so it got me thinking about how everyone else is doing this.

Are you comfortable writing stories on your phone?

Yes

No

Haven't tried

Something in between

Voting ended onNov 16, 2023

Will be reading tags/replies in case you say how it's affected your word counts!

[ao3commentoftheday]

How the heck do people write short fics??? Any time I try to plan something that I WANT to be small and simple, wHOOPS suddenly there's 50 characters navigating a lengthy plot with many shenanigans in order to save the world and people are dying probably. Not - everything - has - to - be - like - thiiiiiiis ugh. Short fic writers, please share your secrets!

There are a few things I do when I’m writing one shots and short fics:

have a simple, direct plot that doesn’t take a lot of twists and turns

just write one or two scenes with no particular ‘plot’ but an emotional goal

skip the details and descriptions for the most part

spend more time on dialogue and/or moving the plot forward than on giving a full picture of the scenes

Extras / OCs that only serve one purpose don’t get full backstories and descriptions. They don’t need them. They’re lucky if they get more than a name.

When I’m writing short fic (which is most of the time), it’s more of a sketch than a painting. I’m getting the ideas across but I’m not filling in all the bits and pieces that I could. 

Short fic authors: what advice do you have for anon? How do you manage to NOT write 300K? 

[ao3commentoftheday]

another big tip that I can’t believe I didn’t add to this list:

Let the tags and the summary do the heavy lifting for you. You don’t need to explain how the couple got together if you tag it with established relationship. You don’t have to explain how your heroes ended up in an alternate universe simulation of the real world if you tag it with Matrix AU.

You can set up so much of the background information with the metadata on your fic! Then you can skip past all of that and just get to the portion of the story that won’t stop bouncing around in your brain.

If you want to go back later and add on more then sure, but when you’re trying to get an entire idea out in 500 words? This is how you do it.

[peachpety]

i find exercises in restricted word counts are v helpful in honing the skill of “writing lean.” i always LOVE writing challenges with limited word counts. write a drabble with 137 words only. yes please and thank.

because…and this is the crux. oftentimes, you can convey what you want in half (a fourth!!!) the words.

for example, writing microfic - a true 50 word microfic - is a brilliant practice to lean your writing. take a prompt and write A Scene. you’ll go over the 50 words easily at the first pass. then edit edit EDIT. i can’t stress this enough.

you’ll find that often that adverb is unnecessary when replaced with a proper verb. or not needed at all. like do you really need two/three adjectives? (no). dialogue tags are (oftentimes) superfluous. spot redundancies. be vicious in edits. kill your darlings.

then repeat. practice. then go back and sprinkle in style choices and adornments. (but i REALLY want that adverb!!! i want it. my darling. so delete that adjective over there. restructure that sentence to remove one word to stay within your strict word count). honestly, i think that’s the most fun. this, to me, is writing.

also. give your readers credit. they don’t need to be spoon fed every. single. detail. do we need to know Tommy crossed the room, over the knotted floor with that red paint stain, past the old chair that belonged to his gran and was upholstered in the ugly fabric? no. just. no. (unless of course the chair goes on to save the day…which. is a whole other ballgame).

also also. backstory…it’s. hmmm. ok, listen…it’s important. i often have PAGES of backstory. but those are details i need that readers will never see because it’s important for my character only. it drives his/her/their choices in the scene/scenario/situation in which they currently find themselves. this is what i think is what is meant by “show, don’t tell.” reveal the character’s…character…by actions, clothing choices, mannerisms…at relevant points in the action.

ok, i’m rambling now. *steps off soapbox* but truly. i am a short form writer. my most “popular” fic (eyeroll at the metric but whatever) is 3.8k. my longest…10k. and i had sleepless nights about it because i thought maybe it was too long. hahahahsigh.

anyway. go forth. write. do what you want as long as you have fun. and if that means writing 50k about Tommy crossing the room…so be it. i will applaud you from the short table!!

xoxo

[megpie71]

The big trick I’ve found for writing short fics is this: they’re not a full-blown story - they’re a snapshot. They’re a picture - give yourself a 1000 word upper limit. Short fiction is about the moment, the instant, the snapshot.

The other big trick I’ve found for writing short fic is in editing. So, write your 1000 word picture. Now edit it down to 750 words, 500 words. How far can you edit it down before you start losing important parts of things? That’s how far to scrape it back to. Your cast is the list of people who are actively participating - the ones with the speaking roles. The events are the ones which move the plot along (and the necessary details are the ones which move the plot along as well - if you have a bit you absolutely want to keep, put it in a file of what I call “marble chips”[1]).

Drabbles, in particular, with the 100 word limit, are about the moment, the instant, the condensation of story down to the barest minimum. I like the challenge of writing drabbles, seeing if I can manage to compress the story I want to tell into just 100 words.

Double-drabbles, meanwhile, I find useful when I’m writing longer works, as a way of capturing moments that have shown up in my head and which I might want to use later. 200 words is enough to catch enough of the “before” and “after” contextualisation to allow me to thread them into the larger work.

[1] I use the analogy of the writing process as being like sculpture. Your first draft is writing up the block of marble you’re going to carve your finished story out of. So I call the bits of story I’ve removed from the finished product “marble chips”.

[hetalvetia]

I was reading The Island Idols: Shimaguni (chapter 9 specifically) and aaaaaaaa (rolling around) I love it sm, I was imagining a whole anime for it 😭💕

Please read it 🥺? It makes me squeal, I love it.

@yukihitomi I hope you don't mind 💦))

(w/o text)

[yukihitomi]

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much!

[specterthief]

and actually a similar but also slightly different question:

if an AU fanfic requires minor characters in roles that cannot be filled by existing canon characters:

I prefer the author create OCs

I prefer the author put in easter eggs/cameos from other fandoms

I don't like non-canon characters appearing in significant roles at all

This doesn't affect my enjoyment of a fic at all/I just want to see the answer

Voting ended onNov 5, 2023

[yukihitomi]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Hetalia: Axis Powers Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: England/Japan (Hetalia) Characters: England (Hetalia), Japan (Hetalia) Additional Tags: Halloween, holiday fic, Miscommunication, Fluff, Kisses Summary:

England hears a knock on the door and finds Japan trick or treating. Featuring the candy Kisses, and a culture miscommunication.

[yukihitomi]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 9/33 Fandom: Hetalia: Axis Powers Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: England/Japan (Hetalia) Characters: England (Hetalia), Japan (Hetalia) Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Islandol AU, Human AU, Alternate Universe - Idols, Happy Ending, buisness partners to lovers, minor homophobia, Alcohol, Bisexual Character, Asexual Character (implied), Minor Violence, First Kiss, fade to black scene, AsaKiku - Freeform, Human Names Used, Secret Relationship, Hurt/Comfort Summary:

Kiku Honda has been in the Japanese Idol industry for years. Now his manager wants him to fuse into a duo with some other person he's never met! Meet Arthur Kirkland, a young man who studied abroad from England and has been recruited into the idol industry! The two boys must work together as a pair in order to succeed in their careers, but something blossoms between them as they work together. As they work together, they must overcome obstacles as a team if they are to succeed, but will they?

[yukihitomi]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 8/33 Fandom: Hetalia: Axis Powers Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: England/Japan (Hetalia) Characters: England (Hetalia), Japan (Hetalia) Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Islandol AU, Human AU, Alternate Universe - Idols, Happy Ending, buisness partners to lovers, minor homophobia, Alcohol, Bisexual Character, Asexual Character (implied), Minor Violence, First Kiss, fade to black scene, AsaKiku - Freeform, Human Names Used, Secret Relationship, Hurt/Comfort Summary:

Kiku Honda has been in the Japanese Idol industry for years. Now his manager wants him to fuse into a duo with some other person he's never met! Meet Arthur Kirkland, a young man who studied abroad from England and has been recruited into the idol industry! The two boys must work together as a pair in order to succeed in their careers, but something blossoms between them as they work together. As they work together, they must overcome obstacles as a team if they are to succeed, but will they?

[lesbiansidney]

how many kudos does your LEAST kudosed fic on ao3 have

0-10

10-20

20-30

30-50

50-70

70-80

80-90

90-100

100-150

150-200

200+

Voting ended onAug 15, 2023

[arthurhonda]

Happy Pride!

I made this in relation to my Islandol fanfiction: Which you can read here if you wish.

Credits: England and Japan model: namima Pride flags: Model by EA (TheSims4)/Converted by NaminF Poses: Myself Effect: Adult Shader

[breitzbachbea]

Ao3 Writers of tumblr

What's the lowest amount of Kudos a work of yours has?

0

Less than 5

Less than 10

Less than 20

Less than 50

Less than 70

Less than 100

More than 100

Voting ended onJul 5, 2023

[yukihitomi]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 7/33 Fandom: Hetalia: Axis Powers Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: England/Japan (Hetalia) Characters: England (Hetalia), Japan (Hetalia) Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Islandol AU, Human AU, Alternate Universe - Idols, Happy Ending, buisness partners to lovers, minor homophobia, Alcohol, Bisexual Character, Asexual Character (implied), Minor Violence, First Kiss, fade to black scene, AsaKiku - Freeform, Human Names Used, Secret Relationship, Hurt/Comfort Summary:

Kiku Honda has been in the Japanese Idol industry for years. Now his manager wants him to fuse into a duo with some other person he's never met! Meet Arthur Kirkland, a young man who studied abroad from England and has been recruited into the idol industry! The two boys must work together as a pair in order to succeed in their careers, but something blossoms between them as they work together. As they work together, they must overcome obstacles as a team if they are to succeed, but will they?